dishonored, a thief, perjurer, a murderer a lunatic, an
idiot or a criminal. And should I undismayed pass 
safely through the Moslem test and be found worthy 
the confidence of my fellows albeit I do not actively 
espouse the cause, still I do promise to be silent, even
if neutral, and not oppose the purposes of the order. 
I further promise and vow that I will obey the laws 
and submit to the decrees of the Parent Temple, the 
Imperial Grand Council of the United States of Amer-
ica and that I will not acknowledge, recognize nor be
present in anv other body of Nobles of the Mystic 
Shrine, claiming, to be Superior in authoritv, nor be 
present in any clandestine Temple not holding consti-
tutional authority from the Imperial Grand Council of 
the Mystic Shrine. 
"I furthermore promise and vow that to the full 
measure and or my ability I will never swerve from 
justice nor duty. That I will respect virtue; protect the
innocent; assist the distressed; promote the inculcation
of honor and integrity and dispense reasonable charity.
That I will protect and defend the unsullied honor of
any Noble of the Mvstic Shrine, when absent, if assail-
ed; and now upon this sacred book, by the sincerity of 
a Moslem's  oath I here register this irrevocable vow,
subscribing myself bound thereto as well as binding 
myself by the obligation of the prerequsite to this 
membership, that of a Knight Templar or that of a 
thirty-second degree A. and A, Scottish Rite Mason. 
In willful violation whereof may I incur the fearful
penalty of having my eveballs pierced to the center